Louis fe llheimer



@uiten tetts atent ffita LOUIS FELLHEIMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. Letters PatentNa 63,234, dated .March 26, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN yHOOP SKIRTS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, LOUIS FELLHEIMER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Hoop Skirt; and I do hereby declar that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to thc accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, plate 1, represents a side view of a hoop skirt, as worn.

Figure 2, plate 2, represents a similar' view.

Figure 3 is a front view of the hoop skirt, with an ordinary skirt attached thereto.

Figure 4 shows a view of a person with dress in full trail.

The object of' this invention is to provide a hoop skirt which will overcome the objection heretofore experienced by ladies on entering and leaving carriages from the entanglement of their feet in the skirts. Another object is to provide a hoop skirt which will fit either stout or slender females, which I accomplish by having a gathering on the rear end of the waist-band, through which passes a series of strings sewed or otherwise attached on each s-ideoi` the gathering, to two separate strings, which are drawn around the waist and tied. On theV upper inner side of the skirt, in opposite direction to each other, are scwed, or otherwise attached, bands, to which is fastened a series of strings, as shown in the drawings, tig. 1, plate 1, the object ofwhich is to couvert the skirt into a trailing form; this is accomplished by passing the strings around the rear of the ordinary skirt, and there securely tied A, in the drawings, represents a hoop skirt, the front part oi' which is cut away to enable the wearer to exercise with more safety while entering or leaving vehicles, etc.; this is accomplished by fastening the hoops on cach side of the skirt to an upright stay, a, the lower hoops t: passing entirely around the skirt in order to give steadiness and strength. B represent-s a waist-band or belt, to the rear of which is attached a gathering,

l, through which pass strings, c, which, when drawn apart and passed around the waist and tied in front of the' skirt, will accommodate itself to the wearer, whether she be stout or slender in form. C represents two small hands, which are attached in opposite directions to each other on the upper inner sides of the hoop skirt. To these bands is attached a series of strings, d, which terminate in two bands, cZ; by drawing these bands to rear and over the bustle of the skirts and there tied, the hoop skirt will be brought into a trailing position, as l shown in the drawings, iig. 1, plate 1, and iig. 4, plate 2. rIhe skirt may be made, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, With uting or other ornament attached to bottom thereof, or an ordinary skirt sewn thereon, as shown in iig. 3, plate 2, of the drawings. The hoops in the skirt are so arranged that they can, be easily removed, and replaced after the skirt has been washed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- '.lhe skirt, with the lower hoops passing entirely around the skirt, and the upper ones secured to the stay a', and provided with the gatheringb attached to the waist-band, and having at its rear the trailing device,1 consisting of the bands O, strings d, and bands d', when' all parts are combined and arranged in the manner herein represented and described.

LOUIS FELLHEIMER.

Witnesses:

GUsTAvn DIETERICH, CHARLES I-I. NASH. 

